Éric Giacometti
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- Kanoninen nimi
- Giacometti, Éric
- Virallinen nimi
- Giacometti, Éric
- Syntymäaika
- 1963-07-21
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- France
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- #24,831
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- 3.6
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- 114
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- Kuinka monen suosikki
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While by today's standards (although I would like to stress only to some people) this might sound ridicuolous it is a fact that Nazi's worked toward creating a brand new religion - they did not like any of the active Christian churches in Germany because authority was placed outside the Hitler's (and Nazi party) grasp. Therefore they created their own religion, worship of a single man as a leader of the chosen people and modified the entire scientific findings of the time to support their own views (they even got ridd of occult societies that helped them to get full power to avoid any power struggles).
While they would most definitely feel embarassed when talking about it in public in front of strangers, just imagine the trance and exhiliriation of the average man at the time when wounds of WW1 are still fesh, internal strife even fresher, economy is in tatters and demagogues walk the earth telling how great their nation is and dont stop telling the neverending epics of their mighty forfathers/ancestors while drawing parallels with their current political leadership.
It is truly unbelievable what can be done with population when esoteric and occult are used as tools of control.
So when someone starts talking about "destiny manifestos" (especially if economy is hurting) be sure it is time to get worried about what happens next.
Now back to the novel.
Book covers period of 1938-1941. In it we follow several key players (historical ones like W. Churchill, A. Hitler, Himmler, Petain etc notwithstanding) as they embark on quest to find mysterious relics before their opponents. We follow SS troops as they plunder Tibet and Europe for clues, remains of Spanish Republican Army trying to survive in Vichy France while assisting British SOE in their search, disillusioned Englishman who barely survived the Spanish Civil War and now just tries to stay alive but just gets pushed into increasingly weirder circumstances (to me finale of the book was completely unexpected). And all the time occult societies position themselves in the background of the geat historical events and move their pawns across the board.
Story reads like Indiana Jones novel. One of the reviewers said how silly all characters are. For me they are presented in dramatic fashion but this is for the purpose of the story telling - this is not non-fiction work but adventure story of the period where (although some people dont want to admit it) Nazi party and their paramilitary wing, SS, did horrendous things in the name of strange values and ideals and weird race and occult beliefs. So they are portrayed as ultimate bad guys (although maybe not all) while resistance supported by British is the side of good.
My only issue is that this is first book in the series and I need to wait to see how story progresses. Ah, well.....
Highly recommended to fans of adventure and occult.… (lisätietoja)